This is a song by Mickey McConnell called Supermarket Wine, a gorgeous song of lost love that I dedicated to David Dunnigan during a chat I had on LMFM on their fantastic Late Lunch programme.
Bring Her Home, a song I wrote to celebrate (and promote) the publication of the book of the same name, the first in my Boyle and Keneally series.
A snippet of myself and Kevin performing Nancy Spain at a gig for the Irish Carers Association.
My song, The Tinker King, based on a story I was told by an old Travelling Woman many years ago. This song is featured in my Audible only book, Stories From the Margins: The Bad Place.
An old English folk carol, or ‘wassail’. I’m accompanying myself on the mandolin.
‘Hello’ is a song I wrote when my mother was dying of cancer. In many ways it’s a song of regret, as I thought about all the times I’d been too busy to call her or spend time with her when I could have done. I accompany myself on piano and harmonica.
Probably the oldest song in the Irish tradition, Donal Og tells a story that remains current. I’m always fascinated by how a song written 500 years ago can still resonate. But I suppose that’s what great art does.
The Coast of Malabar is a song strongly associated with Wexford town, where I grew up, and tells the story of a sailor leaving the town of his birth and finding love in far-flung climes. I play tenor guitar, electric guitar and harmonica.
Shane Dunphy 